First extensive reading A08 Andrea Calderon

1.

I've read a short story called the girl and the parrot. This story is about a girl who couldn't speak because she had some language problems, so her parents decided to bought her a parrot with the porpouse to teach the parrot to speak and help their daughter to speak. The time passed and the girl became into a beautiful teenager and the parrot have learned to learn and tell the girl's feelings and it accompained her anywhere, so one day she was walking and suddendly she fell in love of a boy that she saw on a store, he was a salesman, so she decided to enter and buy a marshmallow box and then she paid shynessly, then something happened, the girl expected that the parrot said thank you, but the parrot said I love you because it was what she felt because of him, so she left the parrot in the store running away; however she didn't realized that the boy was in love of her too.

This story is romantic and inspiring because it makes me be part of the story as a character ( it is what I felt). Furthermore, I think of stories should be read than watch those non-sense and boring ophera movies of TV which has the same ending.

2.
SHYNESS/n/.- bashful; retiring
She paid for the mashrmallow bos with shyness.
LANGUAGE/n/.- communication by voice in the distinctively human manner, using arbitrary sounds in conventional ways with conventional meanings; speech.
She had some language problems because of a deficient in her brain region.
DOUBT/n/.- uncertain about; consider questionable or unlikely; hesitate to believe.
I have some doubts about your essay because it doesn't have quotations
RUN AWAY/pv/.-to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
She ran away when the parrto confesed her feelings to the boy.
REALIZE/v/.- notice
She didn't realize that the boy have the same feelings as she felt.

EXTENSIVE READING N°2

THE SEVEN HABITS OF EFFECTIVELY PEOPLE

This book teaches people how to behave and react against the attitudes we have gotten during our lives, it helps us to realize which are our defects, our values, and our principles and which ones teach us to be a better person in this society. We must not live into paradigms that the rest of people believe. We can change them being proactive in any way; in any event that life presents us. And we will get a kind of goal in our minds. The best part of this book teaches that the human is such as an animal that do at the drop of a hat as a machine caused by paradigms but it's not impossible to change.

Vocabulary

Faint /v/ to become unconscious, especially for a short time

I could have fainted by that shooting.

Wrath/n/ Strong anger, often with a desire for revenge.

He killed the tiger with wrath and revenge.

Sapling/n/ A young person.

Saplings believe they must be free without control.

Stifle/v/ To curb, repress, or prevent the development or something.

Parents sometimes stifle children feelings.

Mock/v/ To treat somebody or something with scorn or contempt.

We should not mock about defects or mistakes.

Max Gonzales
A08

READING EXTENSIVE 1:

STUDENT:Melgar Baldeon Marta

COURSE: A08

I.-Title:"Next Big Things"

this text talks about 25 ideas,inventions and gadgets that will improve your life.There are come pictures that show you the products and a brief explanation that help you to know about more about it like its advantges and how can improve you life.

While i was readinf that, i was thinking on how was the life before the technology appeared.How peaplo used to communicate with other people that wer too far or hom make some operations of maths.

II.-Vocabulary

scalp is the anatomical area bordered by the face anteriorly and the neck to the sides and posteriorly.

spotter is someone trained to look for something

A lens is an optical device with perfect or approximate axial symmetry which transmits and refracts light, converging or diverging the beam.

Coating is a covering that is applied to the surface of an object, usually referred to as the substrate. In many cases coatings are applied to improve surface properties of the substrate, such as appearance, adhesion, wetability, corrosion resistance, wear resistance, and scratch resistance

Rolling is a combination of rotation (of a radially symmetric object) and translation of that object with respect to a surface (either one or the other moves), such that the two are in contact with each other without sliding

WRITING N°3

LIVING AT HOME AND LIVING AWAY FROM HOME

From my own experience I realized both living at home and living away from home have many advantages and disadvantages. These days there are young adults who decide to leave home and get their own home, because they have a family or want independence. However, it means they leave all the benefits parents have given them, for example, food, clothes, and studies even money; also, it means they have to work for getting their own goods and satisfying needs.
When a person leaves home is excited, because of getting independence. A person is finally living his own life without parents complain or noisy brothers. However when a person leaves home is giving up to principal benefits always had. Living at home where a person has grown up give a person special feeling and confidence. At home is the place where a person has developed its values, customs, and behave for future.

Then, living at home means to receive the same benefits as the rest of relatives (brothers, or sisters). It involves benefits as food, clothes, and studies for good personal development. While a person lives a t home doesn't have many responsibilities or tasks, in some way it depends on facilities that the house has.

However there is a moment where a person decides to leave home and live away for many reason as moving, independence or having family. It’s hard to leave the house where someone has developed life personally and socially.

Once a person leaves home to live away life will completely change due to new expectation. A person who lives away home depends on itself. Most of the times a person has to work to get the same benefits or this person has to work to get better than at home. Also, a person not only has to work but also has to organize life to improve it. The first times a person could feel homesick, but it's normal as anyone can pass through it. It’s known that people who live away get mature faster than the ones who don't leave home yet, becoming responsible about their own decisions and satisfying their needs by themselves.

In conclusion, living at home gives a person possibility to develop life. Not only food or studies but also money depends on parents. The home where a person lives is involved in its personal development. While a person who lives away form home gave up all benefits it enjoyed to get its own new life style, living apart dependence and getting mature to new responsibilities.

Max Gonzales
A08

PROJECT: CESAR SALINAS

Chile and Haiti´s earthquakes: so different and so similar

         World's tectonic plates are always moving, but in the last days seem to have beaten more dramatically than usual. For example, on 12 January, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake devastated Haiti; it killed nearly 300,000 people and left more than 1.5 million people homeless. Then on February 27, another earthquake hit southwestern part of Chile, it has killed hundreds and left more than 2 million homeless. A Haitian family, the Desarmes, tragically suffered two disasters. After the earthquake of Haiti, Pierre Desarmes, a Haitian musician based in Chile, he brought his father, mother, two brothers and their families to live near him in Santiago. They were there when the second earthquake hit Chile. He told to the BBC that he felt that the helplessness was in his life and it was the worst thing that could happened him. His story invites comparison of the two earthquakes. In fact, the media highlighted the great natural and social differences that separate the experiences of the two countries.

         First, we are going to see the difference. The magnitude of the Haiti earthquake measured 7.0 on the Richter scale, this phenomenon struck five miles of people below the surface of the earth, and its epicenter was near the center of the country's largest population, the capital of Port-au-Prince. In comparison, the earthquake of Chile was 500 times more powerful 8.8 on the Richter scale, but its epicenter was 22 miles below the surface and far away from large population centers. Moreover, because the epicenter was in Chile in the Pacific Ocean, the tsunami caused about 50 feet that destroyed entire coastal towns south of the country. In addition, after the initial advice that the most stringent building codes in Chile protected the country from devastation similar to that of Haiti, it became clear that the earthquake caused massive damage to the country's second city, Concepción, and roads and bridges in other places. As a result, the earthquake and consequent destruction of houses and infrastructure were less extensive compared with Haiti earthquake caused much more serious and down many more buildings. Disaster experts estimate it will cost about $ 14 billion for the reconstruction of Port-au-Prince.and Chilean earthquake’s cost for rebuilding houses and infrastructure in the country is $ 30 billion dollars.

         However, the level of death and devastation in Chile was not as severe as in Haiti, but this has nothing to do with plate tectonics, geological faults, and the epicenters. The real reason for this difference is historical and social.

        

         Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, with more than 80 percent of the population living below the poverty line. The U.S. government is largely responsible for this situation since they support abusive dictators, undermining attempts at social reform and imposing neoliberal economic which plans that destroyed their agriculture and farmers moved to Port-au-Prince. The United States also contributed to destroy the Haitian state, which almost do not control of what happens in the country. This is why the Haitian government does not have building codes, even in the capital, which is on the fault line. By contrast, Chile is one of the richest countries in Latin America. Its GDP (gross domestic product, it is like PIB in our country) per capita is $ 14,700 compared with $ 1,300 in Haiti. However, these statistics hide the difference social inequality. In addition, the modern seismic building code of Chile has designed to resist earthquakes, was approved in 1972.

         The history of international assistance in the two cases is also similar. As in Haiti, the response of capitalist governments around the world to the earthquake in Chile has been ridiculous. The "international community" offered a pittance to Haiti. United States, for example, only contributed $ 100 million, a sum that pales in comparison to Obama's military budget of U.S. $ 650 million or U.S. $ 3 billion U.S. dollars spent on occupy Iraq and kill 1 million Iraqis

         While the principal media emphasized the differences between the two disasters, the similarities are striking. In both cases, the behavior of national governments has selected priorities to overcome corporate profits and they put the human necessities a second part. In both disasters, the government responded slowly to the crisis. In Haiti, the country's government is powerless. The real power is the occupation of the United Nations, backed by the United States. In Chile, the government of Michelle Bachelet did not respond. With almost criminal negligence, the Chilean armada does not the country from the tsunamis.

         In brief, disaster in Chile and Haiti should be a cautionary tale. We will face more natural disasters of this type, in which the economic system and their governments do not respond in a way that puts people first. We could say that Chilean and Haitian earthquakes are too different since their economics and social problems are different , but if we saw how each government react in irresponsible way to this problem it is something to worry.

Cesar Salinas Romero A08

Chile and Haiti´s earthquakes: so different and so similar

         World's tectonic plates are always moving, but in the last days seem to have beaten more dramatically than usual. For example, on 12 January, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake devastated Haiti; it killed nearly 300,000 people and left more than 1.5 million people homeless. Then on February 27, another earthquake hit southwestern part of Chile, it has killed hundreds and left more than 2 million homeless. A Haitian family, the Desarmes, tragically suffered two disasters. After the earthquake of Haiti, Pierre Desarmes, a Haitian musician based in Chile, he brought his father, mother, two brothers and their families to live near him in Santiago. They were there when the second earthquake hit Chile. He told to the BBC that he felt that the helplessness was in his life and it was the worst thing that could happened him. His story invites comparison of the two earthquakes. In fact, the media highlighted the great natural and social differences that separate the experiences of the two countries.

         First, we are going to see the difference. The magnitude of the Haiti earthquake measured 7.0 on the Richter scale, this phenomenon struck five miles of people below the surface of the earth, and its epicenter was near the center of the country's largest population, the capital of Port-au-Prince. In comparison, the earthquake of Chile was 500 times more powerful 8.8 on the Richter scale, but its epicenter was 22 miles below the surface and far away from large population centers. Moreover, because the epicenter was in Chile in the Pacific Ocean, the tsunami caused about 50 feet that destroyed entire coastal towns south of the country. In addition, after the initial advice that the most stringent building codes in Chile protected the country from devastation similar to that of Haiti, it became clear that the earthquake caused massive damage to the country's second city, Concepción, and roads and bridges in other places. As a result, the earthquake and consequent destruction of houses and infrastructure were less extensive compared with Haiti earthquake caused much more serious and down many more buildings. Disaster experts estimate it will cost about $ 14 billion for the reconstruction of Port-au-Prince.and Chilean earthquake’s cost for rebuilding houses and infrastructure in the country is $ 30 billion dollars.

         However, the level of death and devastation in Chile was not as severe as in Haiti, but this has nothing to do with plate tectonics, geological faults, and the epicenters. The real reason for this difference is historical and social.

        

         Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, with more than 80 percent of the population living below the poverty line. The U.S. government is largely responsible for this situation since they support abusive dictators, undermining attempts at social reform and imposing neoliberal economic which plans that destroyed their agriculture and farmers moved to Port-au-Prince. The United States also contributed to destroy the Haitian state, which almost do not control of what happens in the country. This is why the Haitian government does not have building codes, even in the capital, which is on the fault line. By contrast, Chile is one of the richest countries in Latin America. Its GDP (gross domestic product, it is like PIB in our country) per capita is $ 14,700 compared with $ 1,300 in Haiti. However, these statistics hide the difference social inequality. In addition, the modern seismic building code of Chile has designed to resist earthquakes, was approved in 1972.

         The history of international assistance in the two cases is also similar. As in Haiti, the response of capitalist governments around the world to the earthquake in Chile has been ridiculous. The "international community" offered a pittance to Haiti. United States, for example, only contributed $ 100 million, a sum that pales in comparison to Obama's military budget of U.S. $ 650 million or U.S. $ 3 billion U.S. dollars spent on occupy Iraq and kill 1 million Iraqis

         While the principal media emphasized the differences between the two disasters, the similarities are striking. In both cases, the behavior of national governments has selected priorities to overcome corporate profits and they put the human necessities a second part. In both disasters, the government responded slowly to the crisis. In Haiti, the country's government is powerless. The real power is the occupation of the United Nations, backed by the United States. In Chile, the government of Michelle Bachelet did not respond. With almost criminal negligence, the Chilean armada does not the country from the tsunamis.

         In brief, disaster in Chile and Haiti should be a cautionary tale. We will face more natural disasters of this type, in which the economic system and their governments do not respond in a way that puts people first. We could say that Chilean and Haitian earthquakes are too different since their economics and social problems are different , but if we saw how each government react in irresponsible way to this problem it is something to worry.

Cesar Salinas Romero A08

THIRD WRITING

High school and university’s lifestyles

        In our life, we have to pass different steps and one of this ladder is the transition from the high school to the university. Almost all the people think the university is better than the high school and say the university is a “different world”, they have almost the reason, but both high school and university have a few similarities which maybe some people do not consider valuable.

        A first similarity is that neither the high school nor the university is great place to know people and share different kind of experience that then it helps you to face the reality. High school teaches you valuable thing, just as university has. The university is an important step in the life; likewise, high school helps to the life. According to some physiologist who advice each step is very important for our life.  

        Despite of these similarities, these both steps of the life have more difference than similarities.

        The people put more importance to the university, whereas in the high school some people do not care about it. I think is because university’s students are more mature than school´s ones and the first kind of people think more in their future and they think more in the consequence of their acts. Moreover, in the university you see the society with other eyes, I mean, you face it with other way to thinking; in contrast, and in the school you think the world is perfect. In the school you have the vigilance of your parents or somebody, while in the university you should, I put “should” because I know some people who have still an infant behavior, learn to live and correct yourself. Nevertheless, the last dissimilarity is that you have an independent life in the university compared with a school’s life.  

       

        In sum, the school and the university are part of our life. As we see each step is different from other. You have to appreciate all your life and do not think that one steps is bad for you and you have to pass quickly it, you should learn a lot for your future life.

Cesar Salinas Romero

EXTENSIVE READING FORM - A08

Student's name and course: César Augusto Salinas Romero

Teacher's name: Mr. Antonio Rios                 Date: 17/12/2011

1.-Express opinions, doubts, confusions, and convictions that come to your mind as you think about what you have read. Watch and write about how these things change over time. Include title of book, article, magazine, etc. that you are reading.

I have read the last of the Mohicans. It is a book about the difference between the independence of our country and United State’s independent. The title says the Mohicans because this name was about one last tribe that had survived; only there was one person of this tribe because England people has attack them to control their land. I think it is a good novel that shows how to appreciate the things that we have and preserve your culture and customs. I did not get some part of the book, perhaps it because I need to search first the history of the United States.

However, I recommend this book because it teaches you a lot of things about this culture and how the real people from united state were divided, since England and French people try to dominate this land.

Vocabulary

1. Afterwards

af·ter·wards [áftərwərdz]

adverb

·         after that: at a later time or after an event that has been mentioned previously

        Let's have breakfast now and go skiing afterward

2. Unsound

un·sound [un sównd]

Adjective

·         not reliable: not based on reliable facts, information, or reasoning

        An unsound conclusion

·         not solid or firm: in a structurally poor or dangerous state

        Unsound foundations

3. Parka

par·ka [prkə]

(plural par·kas)

noun

·         long, hooded jacket: a warm, knee- or thigh-length jacket that has a hood and is often lined with fur or imitation fur

·         coat of animal skin: a thick, fur-lined, hooded outer garment for arctic conditions, pulled on over the head. Traditionally, parkas are made of animal hide and worn by the Inuit and Aleut people

4. Drip [drip]

verb (past and past participle dripped, present participle drip·ping, 3rd person present singular drips)

·         transitive and intransitive verb fall or let fall in drops: to fall as drops of liquid, or let liquid fall as drops

        The faucet is dripping.

·         transitive verb let something out copiously: to let out something, particularly an emotion, in great quantity

        His voice positively dripped malice.

5.Prone [prōn]

adjective

·         disposed to something: inclined to do or be affected by something

        prone to exaggerate

·         face down: lying face down

prone position